The first step is collecting the quality data needed to create a SWAT MAP. A SWAT MAPS service provider will drive the field(s) in 80ft (24m) passes, using a SWAT BOX. The SWAT BOX is a patented autonomous soil mapping system that can be mounted to many different vehicles, most commonly trucks, ATVs or other off-road vehicles, but also seeders or planters.

The raw data collected by the SWAT BOX automatically gets uploaded and sent to our SWAT RECORDS software and is ready for our team of experts to analyze, its then used it to create multiple potential SWAT MAPS.

With several potential SWAT MAPS created and uploaded to SWAT RECORDS, your service provider will return to the field(s) to ground-truth the maps and select the one that best represents your field. This one map becomes your permanent SWAT MAP to be used year after year. This is an essential step in the process, it ensures your SWAT MAP accurately depicts the soil and water variability in your field(s).

A SWAT MAPS service provider will work with their farmers to assess their operation. They have the local agronomic expertise to make informed recommendations through SWAT RECORDS with the support of our team.

The last step in the soil potential process is to analyze nutrients, texture, and soil carbon data. Soil data can be connected to soil survey databases to assess varietal or hybrid crop responses to nutrients based on soil type.

SWAT CAM is an automated imaging system designed to capture, assess, and evaluate crop establishment and weed pressure. The SWAT CAM is mounted to a sprayer (one SWAT CAM on each boom) and captures images every 50 to 70 feet. These images are automatically uploaded to SWAT RECORDS where our software isolates the crop versus weed leaf area as well as plant stands for certain crops.

In season imagery can be helpful for monitoring all factors of your crops variability, not just soil and water. NDVI based maps are a great resource for writing VR on/off fungicide, crop desiccation, and plant growth regulator (PGR) prescriptions. When incorporated with the SWAT MAPS data layers, they can be used to enhance nitrogen topdressing prescriptions as well.

Maximize your yield potential with real time crop variability and responses. Incorporated with SWAT MAPS data layers your SWAT MAPS service provider can write prescriptions for applications like on/off VR fungicide, plant growth regulators, top dressing, and crop desiccation. Farmers have access to unlimited in season prescriptions. This step is crucial for increasing yield and cost savings as well as using real time variability for treating relevant areas of the field(s).

This is the heart and soul of the Yield Potential Process. With properly cleaned yield data, yield analytics allows SWAT MAPS service providers and their farmers to compare target vs. actual yields to adjust future targets to be more accurate, forecast profit and compare actual profit by crop and zone to identify zones with poor return and use this to adjust future strategies. Linking the yield to SWAT zones will help to understand yield trends by zone, by field, and spatial yield stability for better performance by zone and risk.